The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-11-04

not affect their interests, il. a. In claimed,
they sell as much anyway, even going SO
far as tosend us literature half way across
the continent Is il not wonderful and
an exhibition OF rare public spirit on the
DIES MONIES BUSINESS INTERESTS
During the period since prohibition be-
came Law, as has been well said. the
state. especially this part. has suffered MS
never before from poor crops The fail
ure OF 1886 was q phenomenal one. This
fact of itself will account for whatever
OF depression there may be observed here.
as It, with the drouth OF the present year,
will account for the depression now prev
aient IN many OF the other etafes- Not
withstanding these drawbacks, it is a
little satisfaction to note the generally
improved tone Of business as shown by
one OF the best tests, the amount OF de-
posits in banks The reports made to
the auditor OF state by banks reporting to
him, show the following amount Of de-
posits in different years:
On :. Nc. b Gomssl g, + No, s.xines No Total
June @ g. 81 a 1eis loli5' ss
The number OF failures reported IN
Iowa the first half OF this year was 172
against 206 during the corresponding PEI
rod Of last year, and 199 in 1886
CRIMINAL STATISTICS
The apparent effect upon the volume of
crime Il, however, among the most nota-
BILE OF the phases OF this movement The
number of commitments TO the peniten-
tiaries for the entire state In the year
ended August 81, 1884, were 342, or one
In 5,045 of the population, estimating the
same at |, ,725 900 in the following year
there were 349, or one In 5.026 OF the pop
ulation Jan. /, 1856. of 1,753.980, accord
ing 70 the census; for the next year they
amounted to 332, or one In 5.419, estimat-
ing population at 1,775,000; for the year
ended August 81, 1887, they were 2s6, or
one In {, ,294 people, estimating the popu-
lation at ]. 100000. These figures are the
more noteworthy because this state had
already. before the enactment OF prohibi-
ton, q smaller prison population proper
tionately than any other I'm the Union.
with possibly one exception. Last win
ter, reports by wardens OF the various
state prisons and most OF the reformato-
ries IN the country showed a population
therein OF 81 59z, or in S72 Of the popu-
lation according to the census of 1880.
while the number in the Iowa institu-
tions-1,072 In all-was In every l.5I5
II the refornaatories had ali been report
ed, the difTe. ence between the proper
tions for Iowa and those OF the country
at large, Is fully 2 prisoners for the latter
to one for the former. IL the reformato-
ries were all omitted from the calculation,
our state would have smaller convict
population in proportion than any other
s3ate except Maine. The records OF the
| penitentiaries show that for the year
ended August 81, 1884. n persons were
committed TO the penitentiary from this
county, IN the following year D; during
that which closed on the last day OF An
gust of this year, there were only 13, Is
| less than during tfe preceding year, II
less than the average of the preceding
| three years
The commitments to the county Jail.
and the number of arrests by the police,
show also marked decrease. The mum
Der OF indictments by the grand july gets
less every term, while the costs both in
the district and Justices courts are dimin-
ishing. the latter having fallen off more
than one-halE In considering the mat
ter of costs, it Is well 10 bear In mind that
the prohibitory Law has had not only to
bear the burden of its own enforcement
rum traffic OF the past as we'll Conse-
quently the heavy expense attending the
prosecution. although this has been most
hagrantly exaggerated.
GROWTH or THE CITY.
1 Despite the continued crop failures
and notwithstanding the emigration tt
Kansas (another prohibition statel, Cali
fornia and elsewhere, In search OF cheaper
lands or q milder climate. our city has
enjoyed a healthy and gratifying growth
4 Wherever the members OF the commifte<
have gone. business men, among the besi